Vaccine-preventable disease

Vaccine-preventable disease
A vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists. If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease and dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death.
The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) are: diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis, and yellow fever. The WHO reports licensed vaccines being available to prevent, or contribute to the prevention and control of, 31 vaccine-preventable infections.
Background
In 2012, the World Health Organization estimated that vaccination prevents 2.5 million deaths each year. With 100% immunization, and 100% efficacy of the vaccines, one out of seven deaths among young children could be prevented, mostly in developing countries, making this an important global health issue. Four diseases were responsible for 98% of vaccine-preventable deaths: measles, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b, pertussis, and neonatal tetanus.
The Immunization Surveillance, Assessment and Monitoring program of the WHO monitors and assesses the safety and effectiveness of programs and vaccines at reducing illness and deaths from diseases that could be prevented by vaccines.
Vaccine-preventable deaths are usually caused by a failure to obtain the vaccine in a timely manner. This may be due to financial constraints or to lack of access to the vaccine. A vaccine that is generally recommended may be medically inappropriate for a small number of people due to severe allergies or a damaged immune system. In addition, a vaccine against a given disease may not be recommended for general use in a given country, or may be recommended only to certain populations, such as young children or older adults. Every country makes its own immunization recommendations, based on the diseases that are common in its area and its healthcare priorities. If a vaccine-preventable disease is uncommon in a country, then residents of that country are unlikely to receive a vaccine against it. For example, residents of Canada and the United States do not routinely receive vaccines against yellow fever, which leaves them vulnerable to infection if travelling to areas where risk of yellow fever is highest (endemic or transitional regions).
List of vaccine-preventable diseases
The WHO lists 34 diseases for which vaccines are available:
Cholera
Covid-19
Dengue fever
Diphtheria
Ebola
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis E
Human papillomavirus infection
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis
Monkeypox
Mumps
Pneumococcal disease
Pertussis
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Smallpox
Tetanus
Tick-borne encephalitis
Tuberculosis
Typhoid fever
Varicella
Yellow fever
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Argentinian mammarenavirus
Typhus
Swine influenza
Used in non humans
Bordetella
Canine distemper
Canine influenza
Canine parvovirus
Chlamydia
Feline calicivirus
Feline distemper
Feline leukemia
Feline viral rhinotracheitis
Leptospirosis
Lyme disease
Vaccine-preventable diseases demonstrated in the laboratory on other animals
Enterococcus gallinarum on mice (to prevent bacteria-triggered autoimmune disease)
See also
Vaccination policy
World Immunization Week
Measles resurgence in the United States
References
External links
Preventable diseases
Infectious diseases